Suspender-buckle.



No. 785,920. PATENTED MAR. 28, 1905. M. L. ROTHSCHILD.

SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

LPIQLIMTIONv FILED JUNI: 2a, 1904.

UNITED STATES :Patented March 28, 1905.

MOSES L. ROTHSCHILD, OF NEX/V YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,920, dated March 28, 1905.

Application filed June 29,

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Moses L. ROTHSCHILD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in suspender-buckles, and especially to the class known as non rusto buckles-that is, a buckle which is so applied in use as to have no part exposed on the back or under side adjacent to the body of the wearer.

Some of the so-called non-rusto buckles now upon the market contain loops or eXtensions in the loweI` bar of the wire frame member, which extensions in practice lie between the fold of the web when the buckle is attached, producing' an objectionable thickness of materials that causes discomfort to the wearer. Also owing to these extensions in this bar a longer end of the web is required to inclose said bar, and also care must be taken when stitching down such end to not let .the needle strike Said extension, all of which features are objectionable.

1t is the object, therefore, of my invention to produce an improved form of this class of buckles which will be fully as desirable,strong, and effective in all essential -particulars as in any of the several styles now upon the market, yet shall be cheaper to manufacture, requiring less stock, and likewise permits of a saving of the suspender-webbing to which it is attached; further, to construct it in a way which will permit of it being attached to the web quickly, require less care, with little or no liability of breaking the needle, and will form athin fiat and compact connection, and, finally, to produce a two-part non-rusto buckle the loop member of which shall be formed of wire and comprising round pivots for the lever and a fiat lower side for the attachment ofthe web.

With the above and other minor objects in view my invention resides and consists in the novel construction and combination of parts shown upon the accompanying sheet o f drawings, forming a part of this specification, upon 1904. Serial No. 214,679.

which similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the Several figures, and of which- Figure l shows a front elevation of my buckle in an open position and attached to the end of a suspender-web. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the buckle and web shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a central vertical cross-section through my buckle and its attached web. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a wire blank from which the loop member of my buckle is formed. Fig. 5 shows a similar plan view of said wire loop member after being swaged to broaden the lower side and to form the completed loop of my improved buckle. Fig. 6 is a similar plan view of a wire loop member the pivotal ends of which are extended inward, so as to abut against each other to form a transverse upper pivotal bar and comprising the upper side of the loop, which produces a more rigid construction. Fig. 7 shows in plan view another form of loop member having a solid upper side and a lower side formed of the two abutting ends of the wire, which are obviously swaged to form the broad surface, as in the other figures. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a further modified form of loop member, the lower side of which contains a serrated upper edge.

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings, it will be seen that my buckle is formed of two parts, one a sheet-metal lever member A and the othera wire loop-memberB. The sheet-metal lever member comprises an operating-arm c, a clamping-arm d, and pivotal eyes c e to engage the inwardly-disposed round pivots f f of the loop member, as clearly appears in the several figures of the drawings. The loop member is formed entirely of a single piece of wire, consisting of the inwardly-disposed round pintles f f above referred to and a lower side g, formed integral with the wire pintles and flattened and thinned out to form a broad flat thin engaging portion relative to the upper side. The upper edge m of this flat side is preferably slightly thicker than the lower edge L to form a broadened shoulder to engage the web and to prevent any liability of cutting, although in practice l find that this broadening isnot necessary in all in- IOO stances. Said upper edge of the lower side may be serrated, if desired, as shown at Z- in Fig. 8, in which instance the teeth forming the serrations could be designed to register with the teeth of the lever member to afford a more rigid engagement of the web. An opening t' is formed through the loop, through which the end of the web is passed for its attachment to the Hat bar, as is apparent, and for the further passage of the upper reach of said web for its engagement by the clampingarm of the lever, as is clearly apparent from Fig. 3.

In the attachment of my buckle to the web M the row of stitching /L employed to run through the fold r is located close to the lower edge /L of the bar g, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be obvious that the exact length of the round pivotal ends f may be varied and, if preferred, can be extended in against each other, as seen in Fig. 6, thus affording a more rigid upper side to the loop. I may also elect to form thc broadened lower transverse side of the loop of the ends of the wire as seen in Fig. 7, thus further strengthening the upper bar and still retaining the broadened fiat feature of the lower bar.

With a construction as abovevdisclosed it is obvious that the web can be attached by using' a shorter fold than is possible with either of the wire loop forms of non-rusto buckles referred to, since they all require a great amount of stock to cover the projections. The lower side of my loop has no extended projections. Consequently the web can be attached with no liability of breaking needles, as is the case with the buckles above referred to, which destruction in such instance is due to the inability of the operator to see the projections on the lower side of the loop, as they are covered by the end of the web. It is obvious, therefore, that the construction herein set forth is especially desirable, since it produces a thinner frame, allows the fold of the web to lie closer together, forming a complete assemblage of parts which is not bulky, and consequently will cause no discomfort to the wearer. My buckle can also be produced cheaply, is easily and quickly attached, and, furthermore, permits of a saving of webbing.

The web M is attached to my buckle by first passing one end of it through the opening 'a' of the loop from the back and then laying such end over the flattened side of the loop forming the fold 7c, where it is secured by a row of stitches L', applied across the web and adjacentto the lower edge z, of the lower side g. The free end of the web is next threaded through a cast-off loop (not shown) or other suitable connection for the button-straps of a suspender and again carried up and passed through the opening z' of the loop B from front to rear and extended to form the shoulder-strap of' the suspender. After the web is properly adjusted as above the lever is operated to cause its clamping-arm to engage, bite, and deflect the said web toward or over the said lower side of the loop, where the end of the web is attached in a manner to secure the web in position and whereby the upper reach r of the web is extended from the back of the buckle when the web is under draft as in use. This deflects the upper reach of the web away from the frame and increases the tension of the upper reach.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a suspender-buckle of the class described, the combination of a frame member formed of wire and comprising an upper side forming round pintles, a lower fiat side thinner than the upper side and formed by swaging the wire thereof, an opening intermediate of said sides, a lever member pivotally mounted on said pintles and having' two arms at an angle with respect to each other, one an operating-arm and the other a clamping-arm, the clamping-arm being so proportioned and disposed as to be extended toward the flattened side of the frame member.

2. A suspender-buckle consisting of two members, one member formed of wire and comprisinga loop having an upper and a lower side, the former being of round wire to form pintles for a lever member, and the lower side being formed of wire flattened and thinned out relative to the upper side for the compact attachment of a web, said sides forming an opening for the passage of the web, and a lever member' pivotally mounted on said pintles and having two arms at an angle with respect to each other, one an operating-arm and the other a clamping-arm, the clamping-arm being so proportioned and disposed as to extend toward the flattened bar of the loop member.

3. A buckle of the class described, the same comprising a sheet-metal lever member and a wire loop frame member, the latter member consisting of round pintles formed of the ends of wire and comprising the upper side of the loop and a lower side having'oppositely-flattened surfaces and thinned out relative to the upper side for the attachment of a web, a web-opening intermediate of said sides of the loop, a lever member pivotally mounted on said pintles, and having two arms at an angle with respect to each other, one an operatingarm and the othera clamping-arm, the clamping-arm being so proportioned and disposed as to be extended toward the flattened bar of the loop member.

4f. In a rustless buckle, the combination with a Wire loop frame having an upper and a lower side with an opening between the same, the lower side of said frame being thinned out relative to the upper side and broadened in substantially the plane of the loop, of a lever having a clamping edge and pivoted to the upper side of the frame, the lever being in a po- IOO IIC

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sition to have its clamping edge coact with the upper edge or top of the lower side of the frame, and a piece of web having its upper same, said lower side being broader and thin-` ner than the upper side to form a thin attachment for the web, of a lever having a clamping edge and pivoted on the upper and round side of the frame, the leverin position to have its clamping edge coact with the top or upper edge of the lower side of the frame, and a piece of webbing having' its lower reach attached to the lower side of the frame and its upper reach passed from front to rear through the said opening and engaged by the clamping edge of the lever which deflects the Webbing over or approximately over the upper edge or top of the lower side of the frame.

6. In a suspender-buckle of the class described, the combination of a frame member formed of wire, and comprising an upper side forming round pintles, a lower side having a serrated edge and flattened to form a broad iiat side and thinner than the upper side, an opening intermediate of said sides, a lever member pivotally mounted on said pintles and having two arms at an angle with respect to each other, one an operating-arm and the other a clamping-arm, the clamping-arm being so proportioned and disposed as to extend toward the flattened side of the frame member.

7. In a non-rusto suspender-buckle,the combination of a frame member formed of wire, and comprising an upper side forming round pintles, a lower side broadened and thinned out relative to the upper side and being thickest through its upper edge, an opening intermediate of said sides, a lever member pivotally mounted on said pintles and having two arms at an angle with respect to each other, one an operating-arm and the other a clamping-arm, the clamping-arm being so proportioned and disposed as to extend toward the broadened side of the frame member.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ot' Connecticut, this 21st day of June, A. D. 1904:.

MOSES L. ROTHSCHILD.

W itnesses:

C. M. NEWMAN, J ESSE A. STEWART. 

